Drunk Driver Left Crash Scene, Lied To Cops In Sag Harbor Arrest, Police Say
A drunk driver crashed another car on Long Island and fled the scene, then lied to cops after they caught up with him on Wednesday morning, May 13, police said.
Ivan Wilmer Leon, 43, was arrested following the crash on Sunrise Highway and a traffic stop in Sag Harbor, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Cops responded around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to reports of a hit-and-run wreck on the highway, authorities said. Officers then located the suspect vehicle and pulled it over in Sag Harbor.
Leon, of Riverhead, was found to be operating the vehicle while drunk, investigators said. He al…
Drunk Birthday Hit-And-Run Leaves Woman In Coma: Bethlehem Police
A drunk driving hit-and-run that left a young woman in a coma has ended in a guilty verdict, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, April 28.
Leroy Mendez, 37, of Bethlehem, was found guilty following a non-jury trial on charges including aggravated assault, aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, accidents involving death or personal injury, insurance fraud, and DUI-related offenses, according to the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office.
The charges stem from a crash on the unit block of East 4th Street around 1:32 a.m. on July 19, when 24-year-old Erykah Ramos was standing next to a…
Unlicensed NJ DWI Driver Struck, Dragged Bike Bus Leader, Fled Scene: Maplewood PD
A 47-year-old Phillipsburg woman was arrested and charged with striking the leader of the popular Clinton Bike Bus and fleeing the scene in Maplewood, authorities announced Tuesday, March 24.
At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, officers responded to Parker Avenue and Orchard Road after a bicyclist, later identified as John Speck, had been struck and dragged by a light colored SUV that fled the scene, continuing southbound on Fernwood Avenue, still dragging the bicycle, Maplewood police said.
Speck was subsequently transported to a nearby hospital with traumatic injuries, police said.
An inves…
Child Found Alone In Pickup After Man Hits School Bus, Crashes In Huntingtown: Sheriff
A Maryland man is accused of slamming into a school bus, fleeing the scene, crashing again — and leaving a 5-year-old sitting alone inside his damaged truck, deputies say.
Deputies were dispatched to Plum Point Elementary School in Huntingtown to investigate a reported hit-and-run involving a school bus and a white Chevrolet pickup, according to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office.
Witnesses identified the driver as Brian Paul Davis, 41, of Prince Frederick, and reported that he sped out of the parking lot, driving erratically and spinning his tires as he left, deputies said.
While investi…
California Man Nabbed After Deadly Hit, Run Mount Laurel Crash: Prosecutor
A 40-year-old California man was arrested and charged after he struck and killed a man riding an e-bike and fled the scene, authorities announced Friday, Jan. 2.
Thair Maroki is charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal accident in the death of Anthony Caprio III, a 49-year-old Magnolia resident, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw and Mount Laurel Police Chief Timothy Hudnall said.
At 12:13 a.m., on Monday, Dec. 29, officers responded to the 1100 block of Route 73 southbound and found Caprio, who was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.…
E-Bike Rider Killed In Route 73 Hit, Run Crash: Mount Laurel PD
A 49-year-old e-bicyclist was killed in a crash on Route 73 in Mount Laurel on Monday morning, Dec. 29, authorities said.
At 12:13 a.m., officers responded to the 1100 block of Route 73 southbound for a crash involving a man riding an e-bike, later identified as Anthony Caprio III, a Magnolia resident, and an unknown vehicle, Mount Laurel police said.
Caprio was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The suspect vehicle, a white SUV, traveling southbound fled the scene prior to officers arrival, police said. The crash remains under investigation, police said.
Anyone with information i…
Victim ID’d, Vehicle And Driver Located In Fatal Hit-And-Run, Autopsy Set In Lehigh: PSP
A fatal hit-and-run that left a woman dead along a roadway is now under active investigation after troopers identified the victim and located the vehicle and driver, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, Dec. 23.
Troopers from PSP Newport were dispatched at approximately 9:11 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22, to Narrows Road just north of Royer Road in Miller Township for a report of an individual lying along the roadway, according to state police.
When troopers arrived, they found a deceased woman on the shoulder of the road. She was later identified as Christina Lee Pearl, 40, of Newport…
Maryland Man Hit Pedestrian, Drove Off, Returned, Then Fled Again In Fatal Crash: Prosecutors
A Maryland man who hit a pedestrian, drove off, came back to ask what happened, and then took off again has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to Cecil County prosecutors.
Joseph Anthony Giles Jr., of North East, learned his fate on Friday, Nov. 7, after a judge found him guilty of grossly negligent manslaughter, criminally negligent manslaughter, and more than a dozen traffic charges tied to the deadly hit-and-run.
Prosecutors said the crash happened in the early-morning hours of March 24, 2024, on Jacob Tome Highway in Colora.
The pedestrian, Raymond Albert Cote Jr., was wal…
Motorcyclist ID'd After Killed By Drunk Driver In North Bellmore, Police Say (Update)
A drunk driver killed a motorcyclist in a Long Island crash before fleeing the scene on foot, police said.
The wreck happened around 11 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, in North Bellmore, on North Jerusalem Road and Sherman Avenue, according to Nassau County Police.
Daniel Bliss, 63, was riding a Harley Davidson eastbound when he collided with a Chevrolet driven westbound by 59-year-old Patrick Thompson, police said. Bliss, of North Bellmore, suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Thompson, of Levittown, fled on foot but was tracked down a short time later by the depart…
Louisiana Trucker Killed In Hit-Run Crash On Route 78 In Readington: Njsp
A 57-year-old Louisiana man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Route 78 in Hunterdon County on Monday, Sept. 29, authorities said.
Marshall Vizinat, a Baton Rouge resident, was standing outside of his tractor-trailer, which was parked on the right shoulder on Route 78, when he was struck by a vehicle just before 8 p.m. in the westbound lanes in Readington, according to Christopher Postorino, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police.
The vehicle did not remain at the scene and continued westbound, Postorino said. Vizinat was pronounced dead at the scene, Postorino said.
The c…
Hit-And-Run Leaves Montauk Cyclist In ICU; Family Launches Fundraiser
A Long Island man known for his kindness and passion for cycling is fighting to recover after a hit-and-run crash left him critically injured.
Kyle Briand, of Montauk, was riding his bike on the night of Sunday, Aug. 10, when he was struck by a driver who fled the scene, his sister Amanda Corwin wrote on a GoFundMe page.
The cyclist was rushed by ambulance to Amagansett, where he was met by a medevac and flown to Stony Brook Hospital’s Trauma Center. He remains in the Intensive Care Unit.
Briand sustained a severe head injury, a broken arm, fractured orbital bone, concussion, stitches abov…
